Title :
Reconfiguring Human-Robot Relations
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sociology, Lancaster Univ.
Abstract :
This paper explores cultural imaginaries in projects dedicated to the design of human-like machines. Working with discussions of mimesis as developed by anthropologists Michael Taussig, M (1993) and Gell, A (1998), the author looks at some exemplary realizations of ´socially intelligent´ robots, proposing an approach aimed at demystifying and reenchanting such encounters. This alternative is developed through a close analysis of a project at the intersection of computing and new media art, performance artist Stelare´s prosthetic head. Drawing on recent discussions within cultural anthropology, science and technology studies, and feminist theory, the author offers some suggestions for how we might differently conceptualize relations between humans and computational machines
Keywords :
anthropology; intelligent robots; man-machine systems; cultural anthropology; human-like machine; human-robot relation; socially intelligent robot; Art; Artificial intelligence; Humans; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Machine intelligence; Magnetic heads; Performance analysis; Prosthetics; Rhetoric;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2006. ROMAN 2006. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hatfield
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0565-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0565-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314474
